3701.131
Director of health - duties regarding sickle cell disease.

The director of health shall:

(A)
Encourage and assist in the development
of programs of education and research pertaining to the causes, detection, and
treatment of sickle cell disease and provide for rehabilitation and counseling
of persons possessing the trait of or afflicted with this disease;

(B)
Advise, consult, cooperate with, and
assist, by contract or otherwise, agencies of this state and the federal
government, agencies of the governments of other states, agencies of political
subdivisions of this state, and private organizations, corporations, and
associations in the development and promotion of programs pertaining to the
causes, detection, and treatment of sickle cell disease and rehabilitation and
counseling of persons possessing the trait of or afflicted with this disease;

(C)
Accept and administer grants
from the federal government or other sources, public or private, for carrying
out any of the functions enumerated in divisions (A) and (B) of this section;

(D)
Submit a written report to the
general assembly on or before the twenty-first day of August of each year
outlining the receipt and disbursement of funds and the implementation and
progress of various programs undertaken pursuant to this section during the
preceding fiscal year.